What a pleasure to be able to discuss nanoplastics and journalism with @anjakrieger in a recent podcast recording - I hope you can have as much fun listening to it as we had making it! 😍 soundcloud.com/plastisphere-…

What a cool opportunity to lead a workshop on the environmental implications of plastics across their life cycle at the World Economic Forum - was excited to bring scientific perspectives to stakeholders with very different backgrounds ☺️ Bonus: more sun in Geneva than Zürich!☀️

5/5 The opportunity to network, learn, and grow in such a collaborative environment was truly inspiring. I’m already looking forward to next year's event in Sweden! @MicroplasticsW

HOT off the press in @ScienceMagazine: Twenty years of #microplastics pollution research – what have we learned? Here’s an answer from @ProfRThompson, @WinnieCJ, Julien Boucher, @SabinePahl, @KRaubenheimer, and Bart Koelmans. science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Strong evidence showing that getting a PhD is extremely bad for your mental health. A new paper uses Swedish medical records and matches them to the full population of PhD students for which the authors could get gender and birth year data from 2006 to 2017. After some exclusion criteria, they end up with a sample size of 20,085 individuals. The paper compares PhD students to those who have masters degrees and don't start a PhD program. Before starting a PhD program, people who stop at a masters and those who go on to seek a PhD have similar rates of psychiatric medication use and hospitalization. A few years into a PhD program, however, 40% more individuals are on psychiatric medications, before the number falls off as people leave or finish their studies. You see the same pattern with psychiatric hospitalizations. PhD students are up to 150-175% more likely to be hospitalized after starting a program! These are incredible numbers, too massive to be the result of chance or a flaw in the methodology. This is comparing the same people over time. If you're considering a PhD program, and the terrible job prospects and waste of time aren't enough, here's yet another reason to stay away.

Wrapped up my favorite week of the year: MPs Workshop for Early Career Researchers! While there was a strong focus on science communication and career development skills, we didn’t miss out on all the latest scientific developments in the field either 😉 Till next year! 😍

Last week, Moritz Haeffner attended the @MicroplasticsW in Germany, where he exchanged his results with other early-career researchers. Emphasis was placed on communication and networking to better address the complexities of microplastic pollution. @snsf_ch @MerkleInstitute

Such a fantastic experience... Until next year!

Pasquale Falcigno talking about a safe and sustainable-by-design framework on the final day of @MicroplasticsW

Interesting session “Cleanup- an important Puzzle Piece” on river and ocean microplastics by keynote (Thomas mani) @TheOceanCleanup for Day 4 @MicroplasticsW

A constructive criticism and insightful “communication cafe” session at @MicroplasticsW with the expert @DeniseMitrano

This is my great privilege to share my work with leading experts in the field of microplastics.. @MicroplasticsW @GondikasAndreas @Dean_FESD_IESD

Microplastic workshop, is a great networking opportunity with the people working in the field of microplastics. Additionally, a chance of more insight Knowledge about different techniques used in micro-plastics research.

Day 4 of @MicroplasticsW with risk assessment explained by Bart Koelmans!

Panel discussion on Digital tools in Microplastics (MPs) research. @MicroplasticsW #microplastics

Karin Mattsson starting day 3 of @MicroplasticsW with analytics!

some poster session at @MicroplasticsW ! Feeling good to finally get back at networking🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

Learning about different actors and dynamics in policy making with Marlene Kammerer (Universitat Bern). @MicroplasticsW

Kicking off day 2 with a policy keynote by Marlene Kammerer @MicroplasticsW @nexusmonarc

Welcome everyone!